As a college student that is constantly surrounded by Adderall and Vyvanse misuse, this hits close to home. I've had a prescription to similar drugs my entire life, and it was in 8th Grade that I realized that I didn't actually need them to function.
The drugs made me unhealthily underweight, constantly antisocial, and easily aggravated. Nowadays when I look at my peers, I see the same things happening to them. Some people take two at one time the night before a big test and don't sleep for days. The worst part is, everybody sees it as normal. Popping an adderall before a test is as common, easy, and normal as opening a beer to relax on a weekend.
People don't realize that the 60mg Vyvanse they are taking casually is an extremely hard drug to take for somebody not fully diagnosed with ADHD.
The drugs made me unhealthily underweight, constantly antisocial, and easily aggravated. Nowadays when I look at my peers, I see the same things happening to them. Some people take two at one time the night before a big test and don't sleep for days. The worst part is, everybody sees it as normal. Popping an adderall before a test is as common, easy, and normal as opening a beer to relax on a weekend.
People don't realize that the 60mg Vyvanse they are taking casually is an extremely hard drug to take for somebody not fully diagnosed with ADHD.